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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, 62-year old hero of the stand on Corregidor, safeafter three years as a Jap prisoner of war, tells of his experiences in an interview at Chungking, China, where he arrived today."

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Traditional symbol of a calvaryman's death is the empty saddle and biits turned backwards. Funeral Services for Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright were held today at the Ft. Sam Houston Chapel"

Description:
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This meal a japanese waitress is serving Lieut. Gen. Wainwright in the New Grand Hotel at Tokohama is probably much better than any he received during his more than three years in nipponese prison."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The frail but durable hero of Corregidor and Bataan came home Saturday. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, less than two weeks out of Jap prison camp, stoon on the steps of his transport plane as it landed at Hamilton field, Calif., and saulted a wildly cheering throong waiting to bid him welcome. Behind him is Brig. Gen. L. C. beebee, a staff officer who accompanied him from Honolulu."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright wa greeted by Brig. Gen. F. S. Borum, commanding general of Tinker field, as the Bataan hero landed at the field about 3 p.m. Thursday."

Description:
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lt. gen. Jonathan Wainwright, commander of American Forces on Philippines after Gen Douglas MacArthur left in 1942, shceks sript of surrender boradcast at manial, accoridn to army caption of this picture obtained in Manila after Yanks recaptured the city from the Japanese. Left to right, Lt. col. John R. Pugh, Jap official, Gen Wainwright, Col. Nicoll F. Galbraith and col. Nunez C. Pilet."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gen. jonathan M. Wainwright shakes hands with Sgt. Gerald Lundquist, St. Paul, one of the survivors of Corregidor and Battan, on a visit to Vaughan General Hospital, chicago, in background are other Battan survivors."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is a tragic chaper in American military history. The army releasing the picture Monday, said that was real surrender of American forces in the Phillippines in 1942. At the microphone is Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, commanding officer of U.S. forces there after General MacArthur was sent away."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright chats with Secretary of War R. P. Patterson at a banquet honoring the general Tuesday night at Skaneateles, N.Y."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "far from the scenes of battle and Jap Hellhole prisons, Gen. Honathan M. Wainwright relaxes and enjoys a peaveful smike during a press conference in New York City."

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A hero gets his just reward, General Wainwright wearing the Congressional Medal of Honor just after the presentation ceremonies conducted by President Truman in Washington."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The rostrum in the house of representatives and declares that "America must never again become so weak that it invites another Corregidor."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Left to right, General Jacob L. Devers, army ground forces commander, General Jonathan Wainwright, Fourth army commander, and Brig. Gen John Millikin, deputy commander of the artillery center at Fort Sill."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright was a state game and firsh warden for a day Friday, but the the new arm of the local law reached out only for fish."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Major Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, 58 yeard old, is in direct command of United States forces in Philippines, with the depature of Gen. Douglas MacArthur to assume allied nations command in Australia and the Pacific."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "President Truman, loeft, holds the congressional Medal of Honor, the nations highest ward, which he presented to Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Corregidor, at a ceremony on the White House lawn Monday."

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "For the first time in four years. Mrs. Jonathan Wainwright sees her husband as he arrived in Washington aboard a navy transport."

Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A reunion with his wife, who he had not seen in four eyars, and a tribute from the nation's leaders in Washington made Monday a red letter day for Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Corregidor."

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